The Defense of NATO's Northern Front and U.S. Military Policy

Description

This thought provoking strategic analysis of NATO's Northern Front and U.S. military policy questions a number of the assumptions currently held in Norway, Denmark and the United States. Concrete and specific measures are proposed to strengthen conventional defense of this vital northern NATO front and deterrence of conflict in Europe as a whole. Contents: include: Northern Europe-Arena of Decision; Key Dilemmas in Norwegian and U.S. Military Policy; The Emerging Soviet Military Challenge; Norway-Linchpin of the North; The Defense of Denmark and the Baltic Approaches; What is to be Done?; and a selected bibliography.